This is a weird take. For one, handing over data because someone in power told you too is the exact opposite of power tripping. It's pretty much the entire description of disempowering.
But secondly, the idea that anyone who actually has a say in if the data is turned over (the legal team, executives) give a flying fork about how a random sysadmin in their data center feels about it is wildly off base. The data is going out or not according to legals instructions. Either sysadmin Bob does it, or he takes a principled stand, gets fired, and Bob 2 takes care of it.
But secondly, the idea that anyone who actually has a say in if the data is turned over (the legal team, executives) give a flying fork about how a random sysadmin in their data center feels about it is wildly off base. The data is going out or not according to legals instructions. Either sysadmin Bob does it, or he takes a principled stand, gets fired, and Bob 2 takes care of it.